Dinosaurs Books

How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends (How Do Dinosaurs)

Jane Yolen

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Total reviews: 25 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

great book 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

My son is an only child who recently started day care. This book has really helped to teach him how to behave with the other children at daycare.

How Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends 5 out of 5 stars.
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My grandson loves the entire series of the How Do Dinosaur by Jane Yolen . We read them everyday.

Fun story & teaches too! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a great addition to the series. It takes kids through what not to do and then teaches them in the How Do Dinosaurs sing song story about what to do to play well with friends.

Editorial Review:

What if a dinosaur's friends come to play? Does he mope, does he pout if he can't get his way? Does he hide all his dump trucks, refusing to share? Does he throw his friends' coloring books up in the air? Time and time again, children are told to "play nice." This brilliantly illustrated board book is packed with rhymes that will teach children how. Mark Teague's laugh-aloud illustrations, along with Jane Yolen's playful text, will show children that "playing nice" can be easy and fun. Perfect for parents to read aloud with their children, this book is as humorous as it is instructive.

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

Jane Yolen

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Total reviews: 128 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Buy this book in hardcover, not as a board book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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We got a couple of books in the Dinosaurs series as board books from my coworker, and overall my daughter (22 months at the time of this review) liked them, but the hardcovers are simply gorgeous with large, detailed and brilliant pictures. I got this book in the library, and Anna wanted to read it several times in a row (not to mention every night since then). I plan to assemble the whole series of hardcovers for her over time, since I see these books having a long life in her development from a bright toddler to a curious child.

Great book for girls too! 5 out of 5 stars.
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My daughter, who is not quite three, loves this book. In fact this book has started an infatuation with dinosaurs. She wants me to read it to her all the time and the illustrations are awesome.

Dinosaurs vs. Boys 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is absolutely adorable! Part of me is rather suspicious that these dinosaurs are actually projections of small boys, but I have no real proof. This once again proves that Yolen still has the talent for churning out tales for children.

Editorial Review:

Featuring ten sleepy dinosaurs, this adorable picture book from prize-winning writer Jane Yolen and best-selling illustrator Mark Teague celebrates the funny, endearing, naughty bedtime behavior of young children... and young dinosaurs.

My Big Dinosaur Book (My Big Board Books)

Roger Priddy

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

43 Different Dinosaurs! 4 out of 5 stars.
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My son's first dinosaur book was Touch and Feel: Dinosaur (Touch and Feel); soon he wanted another one with more dinosaurs. My Big Dinosaur Book (My Big Board Books) included dinosaurs from both the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

Each page has a question, such as "Which dinosaur has striped legs?" or "Can you point to the creatures that fly?", which helps children learn the simlarities and differences of the dinosaurs. The "photographs" will take your breath away.

This book includes the traditional favorites - Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, and Triceratops, as well as some new favorites: Allosaurus, Macroplata, and Diplodocus.

This book does not include pronounciation guides, but the names are manageable.

Cool dinosaur pictures 5 out of 5 stars.
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My 3-year-son started to get interested in dinosaur a few months ago. I bought this book for him so that he can see there are many kinds of dinosaurs, and we have a lot of fun looking at these pictures together.

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Series sold over 3 million.

Big board book ideal for babies and toddlers.

Stunning large format brings images to life.

Helps build a child's vocabulary.

Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs: The Definitive Pop-Up

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Total reviews: 151 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great Book 5 out of 5 stars.
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Bought this book for my 5 year old granddaughter who is really into Dinosaurs. She was thrilled with it.

Since opening it, she wants to look at it every day. It's been 2 weeks now and she is still enjoying it.

At first glance, you may not notice all the "small pockets" on each page which also pop-up to reveal even more 3D pictures.

Overall, a great purchase and I would highly recommend it.

Editorial Review:

From the world's preeminent paper engineers comes an awe-inspiring tribute to the world's most beloved extinct animals and their 180-million-year reign on the planet!

More than 35 complex and stunning pop-ups include a massive T. Rex that springs out, flashing a startling jawful of jagged teeth. Turn the page and a ravishing raptor unfurls and appears to fly off the edge of the book.

This breathtaking pop-up book offers up-to-the-minute information on more than 50 dinosaur species. Six multi-layered spreads each feature one spectacular, large pop-up and several booklets of smaller pop-ups and text.

How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?

Jane Yolen

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Total reviews: 23 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

great book 5 out of 5 stars.
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My son loves dinosaurs this book really helps me to teach him how to properly clean his room.

we love the dinosaurs! :D 5 out of 5 stars.
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I bought all of the Jane Yolen books I could find in here and had them shipped to my daughter for my grandchildren. She said that they are helping a lot and that the kids love them...and the kids told me they LOVE dinosaurs over the phone! :D The three year old is autistic and had a meltdown if anyone cleaned her room or moved anything...now, with the help of this book...she cleans it up with the dinosaurs ideas and she has no problem with the dinosaurs telling her what to do LOL. I do remember when my own daughter was a child, having Bert and Ernie puppets talk to her and tell her what they would like done and how well it worked. Well, this is the same theory and really helping with an autistic child especially.

Editorial Review:

Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs learn to pick up and put away their toys. How do dinosaurs clean their rooms? With trash cans and dusters and brooms!Now Jane Yolen's playful, read-aloud text and Mark Teague's hilarious illustrations show your own little dinosaurs just how fun and easy it can be. Brimming with the same infectious humor as the other HOW DO DINOSAURS tales, this new board book is a perfect companion to the immensely popular picture books and a great baby gift as well.

How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them (Dino Life Guides for Families)

Laurie Krasny Brown

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Total reviews: 21 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Fun and a great teaching tool 5 out of 5 stars.
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How to be a friend is such a nice book. It is like an instruction manual for kids who have difficulties making friends. It shows what is acceptable and what others find attractive in a friend. It tells directly what is annoying or inappropriate. I read this to my entire class, which consists of general education students and children on the autism spectrum (Asberger). I used it early in the year. It opened to door to much discussion and questions. We used it in therapy sessions, as well. I recommend it..

Great to discuss with 5 to 9 year olds 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book has been great for an initial read to discuss with my children what a friend is. It continues to be a great reference tool for situations that come up. We pull out the book and read it with our children to remind them what a friend is and how a friend should treat them.

Editorial Review:

Written and illustrated by the creators of the popular Dino Life Guides for Families, this book uses precise language and humorous illustrations to offer specific ways to be a friend and specific ways not to be one. A special section on how to deal with bosses and bullies has valuable information for young children going forth in the world and encountering these situations for the first time.

Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-28

Mary Pope Osborne

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Turns kids into readers 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Magic Tree House series turned my unenthusiastic grandson into a book lover. Having trouble finding books he'd actually sit down and read, I bought a couple of these titles at his school's book fair. He picked one up that afternoon, and didn't come out of his room until dinner time, and then went back in his room to finish the book. Read a whole book in one day. Now, he does it all the time! He loves this series, and it has made him a fan of many other types of books, as well. He now loves to read. He even picks up the encyclopedia and reads it!

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“I WISH WE COULD GO THERE!”

When they are in the tree house, Jack and Annie only have to say those simple words and the tree house starts to spin, faster and faster. . . . And then, poof!—the kids find themselves flying on the backs of dinosaurs, exploring the surface of the moon, and slipping down the deck of the Titanic.

Jack and Annie’s first 28 adventures are now together in a collectible box that looks like the magic tree house itself!

Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones (Skippyjon Jones)

Judy Schachner

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Holy guacamole! Skippyjon Jones is crazy-loco for dinosaurs! The kitty boy enters (via his closet) the land of dinosaurs in search of the fabled Skipposaurus. Instead he runs into his old amigos, the Chimichango gang. When a T-Mex threatens the pack, it's El Skippito, the great sword fighter, to the rescue. With yips and yowls, he drives the big baddie away, so all the dino-dudes can rattle their bones another day. This fourth entry in a series that Kirkus Reviews called "ay caramba, mucho fun," will win even more fans for the Siamese cat with oversize ears and an imagination to match.

Take a Look--and a Listen--Inside Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones

Listen to author Judy Schachner give a rousing reading of Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones--the whole book! You can follow along with pages 5-7 below. Click on each image to see a larger view of the page.

Big Book of Dinosaurs

DK Publishing

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Total reviews: 24 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Contentless, poorly illustrated. 1 out of 5 stars.
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I got this book when I was a child. I was already older than its target audience, but even at that age I thought it was too simplistic for its intended audience as there's almost no substantive content to be found. There are some good pictures of fossils, but the life restorations are all sculptures, most being ugly, inaccurate, outdated or some combination thereof. The book is also needlessly huge, it wouldn't even fit between the shelves of my rather large bookshelf.

If your child has anything more than a passing interest in dinosaurs, they will be better suited with something else.

Editorial Review:

Everything about The Big Book of Dinosaurs is off the charts--the size of the book itself, the elaborate two-page spreads, the color models, and even the oversized type. Children can experience the amazing powers of these prehistoric beasts--the jagged teeth of the ferocious meat eaters, the slashing claws of the Deinonychus, and the long-necked Barosaurus that could reach five-story-high treetops and may have had eight hearts. Yet, like the dinosaurs themselves, there is nothing threatening or intimidating about this highly informative book. The text is brief and succinct, only conveying facts that children find interesting. (There's even an index for quick searches of favorite dinos.) The lifelike illustrations give young readers a solid sense of what dinosaur fossils and skeletal systems look like as well as clear mental pictures of how these creatures appeared in "real-life" millions of years ago. (Ages 4 to 7) --Gail Hudson

How Do Dinosaurs Count To Ten?

Jane Yolen

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Not the same as the big books 3 out of 5 stars.
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We were a little disappointed with this book and a couple of the other board books in this series. Our one-year-old son LOVES the full size "How Do Dinosaurs" story books, but he hardly pays attention to the board books.

First of all, the words and rhymes aren't as clever. Maybe the concept of counting or colors just isn't as good of a material as going to bed, eating your food, or going to the doctor.

Second, the books are short and the artwork is very scaled down and much simpler. My son loves the artwork in the bigger books but the white background in these is kind of boring.

Maybe time will tell, but he is getting past the board book stage and I am just not sure that these books will hold the attention of kids who are at an age for learning colors or numbers. I wish there was a full-size version, and I wish I had known the content of the board books was not as good as the big books. Now YOU do!

Editorial Review:

Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs delight young readers with their playful antics. How do dinosaurs count to ten? Over and over and over again! This brand new board book format brings the gigantic humor of bestselling, award-winning team Jane Yolen and Mark Teague to the youngest readers, helping them learn to count from one to ten with a simple, rhyming text and laugh-out-loud illustrations! A perfect companion book to the other HOW DO DINOSAURS tales, and a great baby gift as well.